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  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    I have the spores in manure in a box and sprayed with water in a about a weeks time i'll cover them with compost and just keep spraying water they need to be kept damp for a good crop I grew them a few months back but sadly I have none left the spores cost me £2.99 but I got a huge crop last time on quarter of a packet of spores so they don't cost a lot as I got about 50 or 60 mushrooms so about 1.5p each not bad really
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    Days until payday :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):)
  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    i don't really have any seeds left to swap lol I do go halves with my mum though on some seeds and potatoes so it works out really well
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    Mum £5/£1500 :eek: [STRIKE]Council DUN £80[/STRIKE] :T Council LIN £187.85 :(
    NSD's Dooyoo earning £18.08 :T Slicethepie £5.02 :j Quidco £1.05 :A £15k needed for house deposit :D
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  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    welsh poppy try ebay thats where i got mine from and seemed qiute good as I have chestnut mushroom spores which are really dear in the shops but I love them
    Debts
    Mum £5/£1500 :eek: [STRIKE]Council DUN £80[/STRIKE] :T Council LIN £187.85 :(
    NSD's Dooyoo earning £18.08 :T Slicethepie £5.02 :j Quidco £1.05 :A £15k needed for house deposit :D
    Days until payday :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):)
  • nikki20022008
    nikki20022008 Posts: 99 Forumite
    last tip of the night them I'm off for the night try car boot sales for plants they are usually really cheap last year I got 12 rhubarb plants for £3.50 as I got there late and she was packing up and wanted to get rid of them so come rhubarb time it will be in my menu big time lol
    Debts
    Mum £5/£1500 :eek: [STRIKE]Council DUN £80[/STRIKE] :T Council LIN £187.85 :(
    NSD's Dooyoo earning £18.08 :T Slicethepie £5.02 :j Quidco £1.05 :A £15k needed for house deposit :D
    Days until payday :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):):):):) :):):):)
  • candygirl
    candygirl Posts: 29,455 Forumite
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    Nikki I am really interested in your thread, and admire all your efforts at self sufficiency.Good luck with saving up for your house too:A
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  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    nikki20022008 wrote: »
    last tip of the night them I'm off for the night try car boot sales for plants they are usually really cheap last year I got 12 rhubarb plants for £3.50 as I got there late and she was packing up and wanted to get rid of them so come rhubarb time it will be in my menu big time lol

    12????? Wow...I've only got two, and they cover a patch the size of a double bed between them. During the summer I can supply most of my neighbourhood with more rhubarb than they actually really want, not to mention glut the school fair with rhubarb jam, lol. Are you planning on going into industrial rhubarb production?
    Val.
  • carrieon
    carrieon Posts: 90 Forumite
    Yes lots of luck with saving for your house. i'm sure you'l suceed you are a very determined lady.
    Thanks for tips about spuds, i didnt realise you could start them off now.
    I did grow quite a bit last year. runner beans, broad beans, toms, cauli, potato and i have just used the last of the onions. So i do feel pleased with myself but would like to do better.
    Thanks for the tips on what you are seeding etc. i'l keep a close eye on here. i apologise in advance if i keep pestering you with questions.
    PS i do admire you. i dont no how you find the time.
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  • Izzy.
    Izzy. Posts: 144 Forumite
    nikki20022008 wrote: »
    Tomorrow is as follows:

    £ weetabix £0.14
    £ raisins £0.15
    £ cup a soup £0.04
    £ yougurt £0.06
    £ whoopie orange juice £0.04
    bartered phesant £0.20
    bartered potatoes £0.04
    bartered Milk £0.06
    home grown carrots £0.04
    home grown swede £0.04
    home grown salad £0.03
    home grown tomatoes £0.02
    Homemade bread £0.08
    Total £0.95p



    Breakfast Weetabix with milk orange juice and raisins
    Lunch Cup a soup, salad bowl with tomatoes, bread
    Dinner phesant leg, potatoes, carrot and swede, yougurt


    Nikki I dream of your kind of self sufficiency. Your post has given me a boot in the bum to try harder. How do you get tomatos and salad produce at this time of year specially in this weather? I have a heated greenhouse and gave both a try in winter but salad leaves growth was very slow and poor and the toms didnt do at all. I was told it was a combination of the temps and too little light in winter. Any tips on how you get yours to ripen in January? I'll keep reading to see how it goes. Good luck.
  • MushyPeas
    MushyPeas Posts: 3,104 Forumite
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    nikki20022008 wrote: »
    I grew chillis in my house last year and am going to plant those tomorrow lol

    Loving your new thread Nikki :) Another question...sorry! Any tips for growing chillis? I was given some free seeds at a restaurant (they give them out instead of free matches...) so I thought I'd give them a try. I'm a flat, so no warm space for mushrooms or outdoor space.. but I'd like to try something. Also I'm quite in love with Nigella's chilli jam recipe.

    Pea x
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  • HariboJunkie
    HariboJunkie Posts: 7,740 Forumite
    Izzy. wrote: »
    Nikki I dream of your kind of self sufficiency. Your post has given me a boot in the bum to try harder. How do you get tomatos and salad produce at this time of year specially in this weather? I have a heated greenhouse and gave both a try in winter but salad leaves growth was very slow and poor and the toms didnt do at all. I was told it was a combination of the temps and too little light in winter. Any tips on how you get yours to ripen in January? I'll keep reading to see how it goes. Good luck.


    Oooh I'd love some tips on this too as I plant salads in the autumn but they are nowhere near ready until February. :o
    Also, how many hens do you have Nicki to be getting 3 dozen eggs for bartering at this time of the year? My hens aren't laying at all in this weather.
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